A review of kudzu's use and characteristics as potential feedstock

JP Gulizia, KM Downs - Agriculture, 2019 - mdpi.com
This review assesses the potential use of kudzu (Pueraria montana var. lobata) as a
feedstock for livestock. Kudzu in the United States is a recognized invasive plant species …

Forages and pastures symposium: an update on in vitro and in situ experimental techniques for approximation of ruminal fiber degradation

JL Foster, WB Smith, FM Rouquette… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Static quantification measures of chemical components are commonly used to make certain
assumptions about forage or feed nutritive value and quality. In order for modern nutrient …

Molecular weight and protein-precipitating ability of condensed tannins from warm-season perennial legumes

HD Naumann, AE Hagerman, BD Lambert… - Journal of Plant …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The beneficial effects of forages containing condensed tannins (CTs) on ruminants are well
documented, but the chemical features of CT that yield benefits have not been defined …

Chemical composition and in sacco dry matter degradability of different morphological fractions of 10 enset (Ensete ventricosum) varieties

A Nurfeta, LO Eik, A Tolera, F Sundstøl - Animal Feed Science and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Enset (Ensete ventricosum), also known as 'false banana', is a perennial herbaceous
monocarpic plant, which grows in the southern and south-western parts of Ethiopia for …

[PDF][PDF] Challenges to domesticating native forage legumes

JP Muir, JCB Dubeux Jr… - Tropical Grasslands …, 2014 - tropicalgrasslands.info
1Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center, Stephenville, TX, USA. stephenville.
tamu. edu 2Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil. www. ufrpe. br …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing sheep and cattle to quantify internal markers in tropical feeds using in situ ruminal incubation

MJ Reis, SA Santos, LL Prates, E Detmann… - Animal Feed Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
The main focus of this work was to verify the hypothesis that there are differences between
cattle and sheep to obtain internal markers in tropical forages using in situ ruminal …

Using fistulated sheep to compare in sacco and in vitro rumen degradation of selected feeds

AS Chaudhry, RAI Mohamed - Animal Production Science, 2011 - CSIRO Publishing
Despite its beneficial role in almost all feed evaluation systems, the in sacco method is
inconsistent and labour intensive in estimating the degradation of ruminant feeds. This study …

[BUCH][B] Improving the productivity of livestock with warm-season legumes

JL Foster - 2008 - search.proquest.com
The first experiment aimed to determine the herbage mass production and nutritive value of
pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp. cv. Georgia two), cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) …

Effect of urea treatment on the chemical composition and rumen degradability of Groundnut Hull.

AAA Hameed, MA Salih, F El-Seed - 2012 - cabidigitallibrary.org
The objective of this study was to evaluate the chemical composition and rumen
degradability of Groundnut Hull (GH) treated with three levels of urea (2, 4 and 6%) and …

[PDF][PDF] Managing livestock in degrading environments

DG Masters, D Revell, H Norman - Sustainable improvement of …, 2010 - researchgate.net
Degraded environments are both widespread (being found on all continents on earth) and
diverse. They have been broadly classified as: irrigated (and rain-fed) farmland with …